Naha District Court rules arrest of author Shun Medoruma during anti-base protest was illegal
On April 2, 2016 in front of the Nakagusuku Coast Guard Headquarters in Kaiho Town, Okinawa City after his release, Medoruma shares his thoughts with the citizens gathered there.
March 19, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
In April 2016 the Akutagawa Prize-winning author Shun Medoruma was captured by the United States military during his participation in protest activities against construction of the new base in Henoko, Nago City.
Medoruma was subjected to violations of his human rights and of the Constitution, including being detained for eight hours by the U.S. military and arrested by the Nakagusuku Coast Guard.
On the morning of March 19 in the damages lawsuit Medoruma brought against the Japanese government, the Naha District Court (presided over by Judge Kaoru Hirayama) ruled that the Nakagusuku Coast Guard did not have reasonable grounds for Medoruma’s delayed transfer from the U.S. military into Japanese custody, and that his arrest was illegal. Medoruma won his case.
(English translation by T&CT and Erin Jones)
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